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37 unusual facts about University of Nairobi


Amos Kimunya

He holds a Bachelors Degree in Commerce (Accounting) from the University of Nairobi.

Araya Desta

He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics at the University of Nairobi, Kenya, in 1980, and a master’s degree in atmospheric physics at the University of Toronto, Canada, in 1985.

Bashir Isse

Isse also has a degree in Armed Conflict and Peace Studies from the University of Nairobi.

Benedict Wachira

Wachira was born in Nairobi’s Eastlands area, going through different schools and eventually joining the University of Nairobi where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mathematics and Chemistry.

Dan 'chizi' Aceda

Aceda, who is a trained architect, holds two degrees from the University of Nairobi: a Bachelor’s degree in Architectural Studies attained in 2008 and a Bachelors Degree in Architecture attained in 2010.

David Kimaiyo

He is currently working on attaining a PhD in Criminology and Social order at University of Nairobi.

Felix Kilonzo

Its notable that Felix failed to raise the required money to pursue his dream of being a journalist and the only option that remained was to hold an Harambee to be able to join either University of Nairobi or Mount Kenya University.

75,000 through the Harambee held in April 2011, Felix gave up the idea of joining the University of Nairobi but instead enrolled for Diploma in the same field in Mount Kenya University Thika Campus.

Florence Wambugu

In 1975, Wambugu became the first woman in Kenya to attend the University of Nairobi, Kenya.

Galen Rathbun

After receiving his Ph.D. in zoology from the University of Nairobi in Kenya in 1976, he completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the National Zoo in Washington D.C. He is the author of over 120 technical publications.

Gibson Kamau Kuria

In May 1971 Dr. Kuria was appointed a Tutorial Fellow in the Faculty of Law, University of Nairobi where he taught Law and carried out research between then and September 1972 and 1975.

Göran Hydén

He has also worked as an academic at various universities in East Africa including the University of Dar es Salaam, University of Nairobi, and Makerere University.

Hassan Arero

He was educated at the University of Nairobi (BA, Anthropology, 1995), and won the Chevening Scholarship to pursue his Masters Degree at the University of East Anglia.

Helen Gichohi

She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in zoology from Kenyatta University and a Master of Science degree in Biology of Conservation from University of Nairobi.

Henry Odera Oruka

From October 1970 until his death on December 9, 1995, he taught Philosophy at the University of Nairobi.

Isaac Ruto

He hails from Sigor in Chepalungu district and studied political science at the University of Nairobi.

James Baba

He also holds a Postgraduate Diploma in International Relations, obtained in 1975 from the University of Nairobi.

John Nasasira

John Nasasira holds the degree of Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering (BSc.Civ.Eng), from the University of Nairobi.

Kalonzo Musyoka

Kalonzo Musyoka graduated with a Bachelor of Law degree from the University of Nairobi in 1977.

Miriam Were

Were qualified as a medical doctor from the University of Nairobi, and she rose to become head of the Department of Community Medicine at Nairobi's School of Medicine.

Mutahi Kagwe

He holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce from the University of Nairobi, and an MBA from the United States International University (USIU) of Nairobi.

Muthui Kariuki

Muthui Kariuki holds a degree in B.Education(Hons) from Kenyatta University,Post Graduate Diploma in Mass Communication from University of Nairobi and a Masters Degree in Communication from University of Nairobi.

Ngina Kenyatta

Monsignor George Muhoho, Roman Catholic chaplain at University of Nairobi is one of her brothers.

Njoki Susanna Ndung'u

She holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from University of Nairobi and a Master of Laws (LLM) in Human Rights and Civil Liberties from the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom.

Nyayo Car

The project was initiated in 1986 when then president Daniel arap Moi asked the University of Nairobi to develop the vehicles.

Okot p'Bitek

He was at the Institute of African Studies of University College, Nairobi from 1971 as a senior research fellow and lecturer, with visiting positions at University of Texas at Austin and University of Ife in Nigeria in 1978/9.

Paul Kukubo

Mr. Kukubo holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics and Sociology (Hons) from the University of Nairobi.

Peter Anyang' Nyong'o

Nyong'o took teaching positions at the University of Nairobi where he was a Professor of Political Science and a visiting professor in universities in Mexico and Addis Ababa where he served until 1987, before taking up the position of Head of Programs at the African Academy of Sciences.

Peter Kenneth

He is a holder of a Masters in Law degree from the University of Nairobi, and Executive Programme International Institute for Management Development in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Ramlal Sharma

During his career as a university teacher he taught at several institutes of high reputation in India and abroad which included Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, University of Nairobi, Kenya and Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad.

Ratemo Michieka

He returned to his native Kenya, where he taught and later became chairman of the Department of Crop Science at the University of Nairobi.

Simon Gikandi

Gikandi was born in Kenya and graduated with a B.A (First-Class Honors) in Literature from the University of Nairobi.

Smokin Wanjala

Dr. Wanjala lectured at the University of Nairobi for 15 years where he taught International Law, International Human Rights Law, Land Law and Criminal Law.

Wilber Otichilo

Otichilo attended Makerere University from 1974 to 1977, the University of Nairobi from 1981 to 1983, as well as Colorado State University from 1984-1986.

William Ruto

He then went on to receive a BSc(Botany and Zoology) from the University of Nairobi, graduating in 1990.

Winnie Kaburu

She holds a bachelors degree in Political Science and a Masters in Gender and Development both from University of Nairobi.

Wycliffe Oparanya

He attended Mabole Primary School Butere Boys High School and Kisii High School before joining the University of Nairobi.


Bernd Heine

From 1968 to 1969 he was an assistant at the Department for African Studies of the Cologne University, from 1969 to 1972 he was a lecturer and from 1975 to 1978 visiting professor at the University of Nairobi.

Emmanuel Amey Ojara

Being and Acholi and a member of the Uganda Peoples Congress (UPC) party and fearing for his life he was forced to flee Uganda in 1977 during the height of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin's rule and ended up in Kenya where he join The University of Nairobi Medical School as a lecturer in the same year.

Frances Margaret Leighton

William became the foundation professor of botany at the University of Nairobi on the eve of Kenya's independence, and wrote "Marine botany of the Kenya coast" in 1967.

Joseph Maina Mungai

Joseph Maina Mungai (born in Kenya, 1932; died August 2003) was the first African to become Dean of the School of Medicine at the University of Nairobi.

Moi University

It is one of seven fully fledged public institutions of higher learning in Kenya (others being the University of Nairobi, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Maseno University, Egerton University, Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology and Kenyatta University).